Half of Bécordel-Bécourt is over 49, older than 79% of compared French towns
Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In 2023, the Census found 153 residents in Bécordel-Bécourt, living in 70 households. Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Bécordel-Bécourt has 31%.
Throughout this page, the Somme median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Bécordel-Bécourt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bécordel-Bécourt had 163 residents at the 2012 census and 153 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012, a pace below 91% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Somme town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 88% of compared French towns: 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bécordel-Bécourt 49. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Bécordel-Bécourt (22%). The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
23% of households are couples with children, below 61% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. The average household has 2.2 people.
Second homes make up 5% in Bécordel-Bécourt, more than in 77% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 5.7% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more. Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,500 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €25,500 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 60% of compared French towns: 31%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Bécordel-Bécourt. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bécordel-Bécourt: 0% of residents are immigrants
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 61% of compared French towns: 24%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Bécordel-Bécourt. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns, at 11%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
In Bécordel-Bécourt, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 153 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Bécordel-Bécourt is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bécordel-Bécourt | 49 | 22% | 5% | 0% |
| Albert 9,521 · 1.8 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Corbie 5,982 · 9.8 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Bapaume 3,779 · 10.7 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 11.3 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 11.8 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 12.2 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Bécordel-Bécourt
What is the population of Bécordel-Bécourt?
153 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (163).
How old are Bécordel-Bécourt’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bécordel-Bécourt?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bécordel-Bécourt?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bécordel-Bécourt?
€25,500 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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